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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | Z 304 | | Title: | | MIDDLE HELLADIC PAINTED JUG | | Category: | | Miscellaneous | | Category Code: | | Z | | Object Number: | | 304 | | Description: | | Small jug (Class II- Matt-painted ware) which has a clumsily made raised base, fairly well formed body, broad neck and wide mouth and the usual curved strap handle. At the point where the latter joins the rim is a flattened "rivet head". Found in Tomb XXII with Z307 as a lid. | | Decoration: | | Matt-painted. Surface is slipped and smooth, but not polished. The decoration is carried out in dull black paint, a simple band of which runs around the base and the rim. The regular zone on the upper part of the body is delimited above and below by three bands, the central one being much broader than the other two. The zone itself is empty of decoration except for a row of carelessly applied hooks or dashes just below the upper border. Along the top of the handle are two broad bands of paint which terminate abruptly at the lower end of the handle. | | Material: | | Greenish gray clay | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Small bits of rim and body missing, RIP | | Dimensions Actual: | | H: 0.153; Max D: 0.12; D of mouth: 0.087 | | Period: | | Middle Helladic | | Findspot Description: | | Tomb XXII, Zygouries | | Bibliography: | | Zygouries page 128; page 133; Pl XIV.3 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928
Image: bw 2002 050 20a
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